PinnedTop 50 Albums Of the 2010sYou always wanted a twenty-tens album list that is objectively accurate. You are not dreaming. This is it. Be humble!Dec 5, 2023Dec 5, 2023
PinnedPublished inThe RiffThe Case Against Physical MusicListening to music has changed. Look at your surroundings and don’t become a neo-Luddite!Aug 24, 2023A response icon8Aug 24, 2023A response icon8
Published inThe RiffMichel Faber Is Scared and Western Civilization Is To BlameA review of the best-selling author’s first work of non-fiction, Listen: On Music, Sound and UsMar 22, 2024A response icon1Mar 22, 2024A response icon1
Published inThe RiffFrom Worst to Best: Every Manic Street Preachers Album RankedMar 17, 2024A response icon2Mar 17, 2024A response icon2
Music Journalism And the Culture of FearI’m on your side if you no longer read music reviews in magazines and online publications. We can find comfortable reasons such as growing…Mar 9, 2024Mar 9, 2024
I Am Not Bothered By Pitchfork’s Likely DemiseVain poptimism can only go so farFeb 18, 2024Feb 18, 2024
Published inThe RiffWho Asked For A “Fast Car” Cover?The pain we go through whenever this cover of Tracy Chapman’s classic comes up (and it comes up a lot.)Oct 5, 2023Oct 5, 2023
Regarding the Demise Of the Entire Race Of MenThe antinatalism of Les Chants de MaldororSep 26, 2023Sep 26, 2023
Published inThe RiffSpotify Welcomes the Money Laundering Farms of SwedenRevelatory documents by a Swedish newspaper show how easily criminal gangs gamed the streaming giant.Sep 12, 2023A response icon2Sep 12, 2023A response icon2
Sky Status Update: (Blue)sky ConditionHello Medium cronies and neighbors! The above is the Stockholm sky. No more blue, and I don’t think it will get any better.Sep 9, 2023Sep 9, 2023